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The Franchise

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A podcast about movies that couldn't be left at one.
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Episodes

Children of the Corn III and IV (RE-EDIT)

This is the same as the previous episode but edited by friend and patron Josh Merlis. If you had any trouble with the last 55 minutes of the podcast--volume problems especially--here's a slightly better version.

Apr 22, 20202 hr 11 min

Under Siege and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

It's a 200th episode extravaganza! We debut our 2019 lists and a new Honorable Mentions Theme, then we rank the great films of Steven Seagal, before discussing two of the best Die Hard rip-offs. Plus, a discussion of train movies!

Apr 07, 20202 hr 31 min

Fay Grim and Ned Rifle

Episode number 199 tries to pin down exactly what Hal was thinking with Fay Grim and then denounces Hollywood for forcing the third in the trilogy to be Kickstartered. Also, Hal Hartley pitches Fay Grim to Marc Cuban in the Shark Tank.

Mar 31, 20201 hr 43 min

Henry Fool

Because you're all stuck inside anyway, we can get away with a celebrating a wonderful filmmaker that you probably don't give a care about. We also rank Parker Posey and discuss New Andy's Deli.

Mar 24, 20201 hr 49 min

Texas Chainsaw 3D and Leatherface

Special quarantine edition! We wrap up and rank the Texas Chainsaw movies with two weird departures. It starts with an awkward 9/11 joke! Will things improve from there? Tune in to find out!

Mar 17, 20202 hr 8 min

Terminator: Dark Fate

We finally saw that new Terminator movie Cameron produced. We did not find it enjoyable.

Feb 28, 202040 min

American Pie and American Pie 2

We discuss a mysterious long-ago time when Jason Biggs ruled the world and blink-182 was the soundtrack of our lives.

Dec 31, 20192 hr 26 min

Species III and Species: The Awakening

Space erotica of the highest degree as we meet many new alien hybrid things and also there's some sweet faux-cest involving a guy named Uncle Tom. The sound of the episode improves at around the 45 minute mark. Sorry, folks.

Dec 17, 20191 hr 50 min

Species and Species II

Get ready for some hardcore sci-fi erotica featuring alien genitalia.

Dec 10, 20191 hr 53 min

Frozen and Frozen 2

We venture into the unknown and find a magical land where Henry finds a way to fall in love with Josh Gad.

Dec 04, 20192 hr 9 min

Airport '77 and The Concorde...Airport '79

We close out this supremely enjoyable franchise with Jimmy Stewart guiding a party of old-timey actors underwater, followed by a race against time between a plane and a missile for the fate of humanity! We disagreed.

Nov 20, 20192 hr 2 min

Poltergeist III and Poltergeist (2015)

Skyscraper horror! Mustache grooming! Chubby cheeks! A non-plussed Sam Rockwell! Drones! The D-Train forgetting to turn on his mic for the entirety of the episode!

Oct 29, 20191 hr 41 min
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